These are the pictures taken of Jennifer
during the race as she went through several "photo traps". The
Boston Athletic Association, to whom the Boston Marathon belongs, has an
official photographer. In addition to those pictures for the news,
television and other printed outlets, they take pictures of virtually every
runner. These are offered for sale following the race. In addition,
one can also purchase an additional set of pictures of the Marathon environment.
These are the majority of those taken of Jennifer.

THE
medal everyone wants to earn

Prior to the race, Jennifer had to get up at
5:15 to go to the Finish Line - as illogical as that seems. The reason was
the Officials could not guarantee a runner could get to the Starting Line
un less they were bussed there - from the Finish line! Jennifer was
fortunate to sit with Hillary on the bus - her new best friend. Hillary
had been in several Boston Marathons and gave the "newbie" some helpful hints.
Among them was that Jennifer should have her name written on her arms.
Hillary told Jennifer she may have run other marathons but Boston was like no
other- "You will run 26 miles of cheering!" If they learn your name they
will cheer you even louder. That cheering, joking and shouts make the
Boston Marathon unique and makes the race seem shorter.

This is
the start - everyone passes here, but first

Let's
get organized!

Out of
that mess the elite women start their run

Jennifer seems to be looking at the competition.

A note:
Jackie & I, watching the runners, think the men were more into just running the
course, while most women appeared to be much more competitive - they appeared to
look around constantly to see where other women were.

The run
was not all bad.

We
tracked Jennifer real-time via the Internet on my telephone,

we were
amazed that whether measured by kilometer of by mile,

her
pace for the entire race was exceptionally steady -

never
more that 2 seconds ± per kilometer or mile

However
- there is that place called "HEARTBREAK HILL".

Jennifer told us the hill itself isn't that awful, she's run much steeper ones,
BUT - this one comes at the wrong time.

It is about 2/3 through the race and many, many runners are defeated by the hill
at this point. She told us she would look like she was dying as she went
over the crest.

She was
correct!

We'll
have to ask her just exactly what was going on at this point.

Just
running along - getting near the end.

We
think this is just where we think Jennifer became certain she would finish the
Marathon.